Where does “tanager” come from?

tanager (English) comes from Translingual Tanagra, from New Latin Tanagra, from Portuguese tangara, from Old Tupi tangara, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *taŋara — manakin.

tanager (English): Any of numerous species of often colorful...

Definitions

Any of numerous species of often colorful...

Ancestry of “tanager”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Translingual	Tanagra	genus
2	New Latin	Tanagra	—
3	Portuguese	tangara	manakin
4	Old Tupi	tangara	manakin
5	Proto-Tupi-Guarani	*taŋara	manakin

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *taŋara →Every word from Old Tupi tangara →Every word from Portuguese tangara →